Apple Technology Museum in Moscow: address, photo and reviews

In 2012, businessman Butman, along with collector Antonov, opened the first large private interactive museum of Apple technology in Moscow. Engineer-designer Andrey Antonov collected his collection for more than 10 years. It shows samples of technology, which is somehow connected with Apple. The unique collection has absorbed not only well-known developments of the company, but also all kinds of souvenirs, books and magazines, paraphernalia.

The most ancient exhibits

It is easy to trace the evolution in the development of the company, because the museum displays products from 1977 to the beginning of the XXI century. The pearl of the collection are such rarities as Apple I and Macintosh. All exhibits are in working order. Techniques can not only be inspected - laptops and computers are allowed to print text, draw, "climb" in the system. Each visitor has the opportunity to experience devices - to play in the first computer games.

Among the exhibits you can see Apple II, which appeared in 1987. It was the first serial personal computer of that time. Apple II offered users sound, color graphics, plastic case, as well as the built-in programming language "BASIC" - this was the beginning of the revolution in the development of personal computers. This computer worked with a TV and floppy disks. The popularity of the Apple II was so high that it can now be compared with the popularity of the iPhone. Computers of this series were produced before 1992.

Dips

The Museum of Technology Apple has another interesting collection. The company had and really failed models. Apple III - a computer for business. It was developed by a group of engineers. The machine was technically so constructed that when a person bought it or received it by mail, it could already not work. With a slight vibration, the connectors came off and the computer became unusable. This was Steve Jobs' first failure.

Apple Lisa is named after the daughter of Steve Jobs. The computer had a number of successful innovations: a separate keyboard, a built-in hard disk drive. The biggest minus of the car was in its price, which was 10 thousand dollars. A series of Lisa computers is considered to be commercially unsuccessful.

The first Macintosh also started unsuccessfully. The line of personal computers has received its name from the Malus "McIntosh" apple variety. With its compactness and convenience, it had a very small memory - only 128 kilobytes, and was sold extremely poorly. But it was here for the first time that a graphical interface was used, and graphic and text editors were also used. It's a curious fact that the first computer mouse was installed on this series of computers.

Successful models

Fortunately, the black band soon ended, and successful developments appeared. The Apple Technology Museum will introduce tourists to this part of the company's history. Externally, the Macintosh Plus was almost identical to the Macintosh computers. But there are two big advantages. The memory is increased to 1 megabyte, which could be expanded to 4. And there is an interesting interface with which the Macintosh Plus can broadcast and store data on an external hard disk.

Solid externally and externally, the Macintosh II has gained popularity among users. In the museum there are models of this series with a vertical monitor, which was convenient for publishing, because the size of the screen corresponded to the size of a sheet of paper A4.

The first bold decisions

To keep afloat, it was not enough to produce standard devices. Bold innovations were needed. They will open the eyes of tourists museum of technology Apple. For example, the Macintosh LC is a computer assembled without a single screw. At a price acceptable to the middle class. Macintosh TV - a model with a built-in TV receiver and the ability to connect a video recorder.

In 1997, iMac series computers appeared, designed for easy access to the Internet (the letter i in the name indicates the Internet). The advantages of iMac were a beautiful case, translucent panels, lack of a floppy disk - there was only a CD-ROM. The price of the computer was only 1300 dollars. He could also be moved, he had a special pen. The only mishap - the mouse model was round, beautiful, but terribly uncomfortable.

But soon this problem was solved with the help of a standard form overlay. The first models iMac were the color of the sea wave, the color of the subsequent batches was constantly changing, at the same time the power of their processors was growing.

Technically unusual models

IMac G3 - a convenient body, practical handles on the sides, one movement - and it opened, and the computer was equipped with a special lock system so that not everyone could open.

IMac II attracted users freedom of the screen. The rotation of the monitor was 180 degrees. This model is called the light bulb of Jobs, because when they did the first cartoon on Pixar, the screensaver had a very similar lamp. At least for the sake of this exhibit is worth visiting the museum of technology Apple. Guest reviews say that this is the brightest item in the collection.

Location of the museum

Tourists are happy to visit the museum of technology Apple. How to get to this amazing place? It is located on Pestovskiy Lane, 16 km2. We must get off at the station "Dmitrovskaya". Then you should go into the underpass and turn right. Next, you need to get out of the passage along the left staircase and walk along Butyrskaya Street to the intersection. Further the route runs along Novodmitrovskaya street to the railway junction. Behind the business center is a building with the inscription IBS. Here you will find several inputs - use the input AB. Walking distance from the metro station "Dmitrovskaya" can be reached in 10 minutes. Not far away are such hotels: Golden Rums Hotel, Rums Boutique Hotel, WinterFell Hotel.

Working hours and prices

Excursions are held according to preliminary requests. If a group of tourists (up to 25 people) decides to visit the Apple Technology Museum, the price will be 450 ₽ for an adult and 300 ₽ for a child. If this is a school excursion, two accompanying people are free. Applications are sent to the postal address, and groups are gathered in the lobby of AB. Here there are comfortable sofas, on which you can wait for the workers of the museum.

Typically, one visit lasts an hour and a half. About 40 minutes are allocated to the guide's story, and the rest of the time visitors are allowed to experience the devices in action. Monday and Friday excursions start at 1 pm and 2:30 pm. The rest of the weekdays - at 11.30, 13.00 and 14.30. This is the approximate range. The application specifies the desired time.

The Apple Technology Museum is a bright and original landmark. Here you can not get bored, because before the eyes of tourists will open up numerous secrets of creating such familiar for us gadgets. And although the age of some of the exhibits is more than a dozen years old, most of them are in working order.

It's hard to resist the temptations and do not press the buttons or run the game. However, you do not need to restrain yourself, because the collection items are at the disposal of visitors. Moreover, each guest can buy a fancy souvenir.